"These players have now etched themselves in Fremantle club history, getting the monkey off the back with the first finals win, but we now have the opportunity to etch ourselves in football history so we've got to quickly shift focus.

"But there's certainly a winning ache and I'm just so pleased for all our supporters, our sponsors, the people who've really dug deep to support the club.

"Who knows what'll be thrown up in Sydney but we'll be having a red-hot crack."

Melbourne coach Neale Daniher said his team was overrun by the Dockers in the second half.

"Up until half time it was a pretty good contest but I think their additional run, we couldn't match it basically and that's why our season is finished and they're still going," he said.

Fremantle's victory capped a week to remember for captain Peter Bell, playing in his 250th AFL match after being announced as Western Australia's footballer of the year a few days ago.

The Dockers led at every change but only kicked away in the third quarter, and even then the Demons were not out of it.

But they relied on only a handful of stars to get the job done and it was never going to be enough on the wide-open spaces of Subiaco.

Jeff Farmer, Matthew Pavlich and Ryan Murphy each bagged two goals while Heath Black (29 possessions) was dominant for the home side.

Best afield was Aaron Sandilands, who won the battle of the ruckman against Jeff White.

Nathan Brown (28 disposals) and Brad Miller (19 and a goal) could hold their heads high for the Demons but were largely alone in that regard.